Reborn into Naruto World with Tenseigan

Inside a Cave, somewhere in the Land of Frost

Zetsu appeared out of the ground and looked at Obito reading a scroll. He was a little surprised, and asked, “Are you interested in the Chimera Jutsu? Are you planning to use this on yourself?” The scroll of Chimera Jutsu was copied by Zetsu back when Hiruko was still alive and making preparations for the Kekkei Genkai Absorption Ritual. It’s just that Obito disdained Hiruko’s approach, so he didn’t express that much interest in it. So, it’s a little surprising that Obito is suddenly interested in this Jutsu.

Obito shook his head, “No, I won’t be using this on myself, it’s too risky…” and answered without looking up, “I was just thinking whether this Jutsu can be used to temporarily increase the combat power of the Organization… Although I do not wish to admit it, currently we are severely lacking in high-end combat power… Amatsukami has too many strong people and our side has steadily lost members over the years. Now there are not many people left in the organization who can fight against those absurdly strong members of the Amatsukami. Sasori, and Kisame who can barely manage, and that’s it… Kakuzu and Hidan are no good. If we want to capture the remaining tailed beasts, we need to replenish our strength… I doubt we would be able to catch Amatsukami Off guard so easily…”

Over the years, members of Akatsuki have died, disappeared, or betrayed one after another. Orochimaru, Hiruko, Shinnō, Yomi, Tobi, Uchiha Shinichi, Biwa Jūzō, Kahyō, Rahyō, Chinoike Mageta, Kaguya Takashi, and Hyuga Aoki are some of the examples. As a result, the Akatsuki Organization has lost most of its strength. The current Akatsuki doesn’t really stand a chance against the full might of Amatsukami and the five great nations.

Zetsu blinked in surprise, “Do you regret not saving Hiruko at the right time?”

Obito did not deny, “Maybe…” He does regret not saving Hiruko when he had the chance. At that time, he hadn’t expected that Amatsukami would prove to be so troublesome.

Zetsu asked another question, “But will this Chimera Jutsu work in increasing our strength?”

Obito shrugged, “I am not certain…” he paused for a moment, then added with a thoughtful expression, “But considering the increase in strength of Hiruko and Shimura Danzō after undergoing the ritual… it might be possible.”

Zetsu nodded, “Hmm… but who are you going to use? If shinobi with Kekkei Genkai goes missing, the five great nations will immediately realize what’s happening… They would never allow us to carry out this plan. At that time, Amatsukami and the five great nations might…” He did not finish. Zetsu knew that Obito would understand what he was trying to say.

Obito became silent. He did indeed consider the possibility of capturing shinobi with Kekkei Genkai from other villages and using them to carry out the Kekkei Genkai Absorption Ritual for Kisame, Kakuzu, and Hidan. However, he soon scrapped that idea. For one, as Zetsu said, it would alert Amatsukami and the five great nations, and they would never sit back and watch them carry out the Ritual… moreover, Kakuzu and Hidan are part of the Nagato faction, giving them power would mean giving Nagato more power.

Obviously, Nagato’s end goal is different from his. Nagato wants to use power to bring peace, meanwhile, he wants to complete Project Tsuki no Me to bring peace to this world. Obito knows in his heart that Nagato would never agree to his approach, as such, they are bound to have a conflict sometime in the future, so there’s no way, he is going to strengthen Nagato’s faction.

But if he doesn’t use Kakuzu and Hidan, he doesn’t have many choices. If Biwa Jūzō, Kahyō, Rahyō, Chinoike Mageta, and Kaguya Takashi were still alive, he could have made them use the Chimera Jutsu, but they are already dead, so it wouldn’t work.

He can neither use shinobi with Kekkei Genkai from other villages nor can he use existing members of the organization, so he is facing a bit of a problem. Moreover, he would also need a source of Chakra while carrying out the ritual. Normally, that wouldn’t be a problem since they have five-tailed beasts on their side, but now that Nagato has converted the Jinchuriki of the tailed beast into his Paths, so if he were to take the tailed beasts from Nagato and carry out the ritual, Nagato would realize everything and his vigilance would increase, which can’t be allowed either as he does intend to discard Nagato later.

But it doesn’t use either of those three, then use what?

“I am still thinking about it…” answered Obito. In fact, he does have an answer in his heart. It’s just that he isn’t certain whether that answer is right. He isn’t certain whether that would work. Shaking his head, Obito folded back the scroll, and asked, “Anyway… why are you here?”

Zetsu didn’t care about Obito changing the topic, and answered his question, “The five great nations are organizing a Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam.”

Obito frowned, “A Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam?”

Zetsu nodded, “It’s being held in Konoha, and shinobi from the five great shinobi villages, as well as other small villages, are participating in it. Maybe we can use this opportunity to capture the remaining tailed beasts… At least, the Jinchuriki of Nine-tails and Seven Tails can be captured.”

Obito did not answer immediately. He thought to himself, ‘Is it just for show or do they have some ulterior motive…?’ After a while of silence, he spoke, “I will go and confirm whether it’s just a Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam or some kind of trap…” Having suffered defeat multiple times, he would never deny the possibility of the Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam being an elaborated trap prepared by Amatsukami and the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Therefore, he did not immediately agree with Zetsu’s plan, rather, decided to verify his doubts. If it’s not a trap, then he wouldn’t mind using this opportunity to capture the Jinchuriki of Nine-tails and Seven-tails from Konoha.

With that in mind, Obito got up and instructed Zetsu, “You keep an eye on Nagato, I will go and confirm the situation,” then disappeared in a spiraling whirl.

Zetsu nodded, “Hmm,” and retracted back into the ground.

…

After traveling for a few days from the Land of Rain to the Land of Fire, Raijin, Samsara, and Tengu arrived at the Land of Fire

Despite suffering multiple attacks from the Akatsuki in the past decade, Konoha is still the most prosperous village among the five great shinobi villages, and now that the Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam is being held here, so even before the three of them got close to the village, they noticed that the main road leading to the village was already very lively.

Looking at the merchants and tourists coming and going, Tengu couldn’t help but mutter, “It’s very different from Sunagakure…”

He has lived for six years in Sunagakure so he could tell the difference between the two villages at a glance.

Samsara agreed, “Yes, Kusagakure is nothing compared to Konoha.” This isn’t the first time she has come to Konoha. The last time was almost a year ago when she helped out with Itachi and Shinichi’s Hashirama Cells Implantation Operation. However, at that time, she didn’t see much of Konoha, she stayed in the laboratory for a while, and then Konoha took her away, therefore, now that she is seeing the lively Konoha, she couldn’t stop herself from looking left and right with an excited expression.

Raijin chuckled lightly and shook his head. He isn’t surprised by their reaction. Despite its darkness and flaws, Konoha truly is the greatest shinobi village. Turning his head, Raijin noticed that other than the merchants and travelers, ninjas from other shinobi villages were also among the people making their way to Konoha. Among the crowd, there were a few conspicuous figures that attracted his attention.

‘Kimimaro, Haku… and Guren?’ thought Raijin as his lips arched in a smile. In fact, there were other ninjas from Otogakure as well accompanying the three of them.

As Raijin focused his attention on the Kimimaro party, the boy himself noticed someone’s gaze and looked back.

Along with Kimimaro, Haku and Guren also looked back with a frown, “Amegakure?” Upon noticing the Forehead Protector of Amegakure around the necks of the three masked individuals, Haku couldn’t help but wonder, “Is that Shinobi Village still functional?”

Considering what happened in Amegakure about six to seven years ago, neither of them expected that Amegakure would send shinobi to participate in the Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam.

At this time, Guren asked with a doubtful expression, “Their masks… aren’t they a bit weird? Are they Amegakure’s Anbu masks?”

Tengu was wearing a dark red Tengu mask that covered much of his face, Samsara was wearing a black and white mask that was a direct representation of the Taijitu Symbol, and finally, there’s Raijin, who was wearing a violet mask with lightning symbol at the center.

Kimimaro also noted the weirdness of the three individual’s masks. They were so conspicuous. Moreover, his instincts were telling them that these three people were strong and very dangerous. It’s the kind of feeling that he often gets from the likes of Orochimaru and Kabuto.

Haku also felt the same and instructed the other Otogakure shinobi, “If either of you encounter them in the Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam, be very careful.”

Jirōbō, Kimimaro, Tayuya, and the other Otogakure wondered, “Are they so strong?”

In fact, they were very eager to try fighting the Amegakure shinobi and didn’t think that three of them were so dangerous. After they were given the new form of Cursed Seal by Orochimaru not long ago, they felt that their strength had improved quite a lot, so they didn’t think anyone other than Kimimaro, Haku, and Guren was a match for them in this Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam. After all, once they fully liberate the Cursed Seal, they can temporarily fight against the likes of Special Jōnin, therefore, they didn’t think a single Amegakure squad would be such a big deal!

Not long after, the Amegakure squad, as well as the Otogakure ninja arrived at the entrance of Konohagakure.

At the entrance, Konoha has set up a special checkpoint in order to thoroughly verify the identities of all parties coming and going through Konohagakure during the Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam. This checkpoint was specially prepared to make sure that no threat entered the village during the Joint Chūnin Promotion Exam.

Looking at the Uchiha Clansmen, the Hyuga Clansmen, and the Yamanaka Clan thoroughly verifying the identities of all parties with their Sharingan and the Byakugan, Samsara became a little nervous, “Kuro–… Raijin-sama, what should we do? In order to pass through that checkpoint, we would have to remove the masks… wouldn’t that mean?”

She was worried that the pair of Rinnegan in her eyes would be noticed by them if she were to remove the mask. Gaara and Raijin wouldn’t face such a problem. Gaara doesn’t have a Dōjutsu, meanwhile, Raijin can activate and deactivate the Sharingan using the special Fuinjutsu he has prepared.

Raijin smiled, “Don’t worry…” With that, he led the two to the checkpoint for verification and passed through without any problem. Throughout the process, no one asked for Raijin, Samsara, and Tengu to remove their masks.

The reason for such a special treatment? It was Uchiha Shisui overlooking the verification and registration process.

Once they had successfully passed through the checkpoint, Raijin, Samsara, and Tengu gave a brief nod to Shisui, and then made their way inside Konohagakure.